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And the random surf site for today: Return at last! Life is so completely different now, it's not worth commenting upon. I have become mildly embarrassed by how long it's been since i posted stuff here (a blog before blogs were cool?) so i begin again. I found a word I've been looking for -- susurrus. Now i hope to find a list of onomatopoetic words in English. (There seem to be multitudes in Japanese.) My first step in my hunt is to write the Word Detective: Dear Mr. Morris: I was trying to find a word i remembered from a poem -- I knew it was onomatopoetic, that it was often used to describe the soft sounds of gentle waves, and that it was something like "sususiant." Eventually i found "susurrant," but not before i discovered there were lists of Japanese onomatopoetic words and, apparently, that Japanese has more onomatopoetic words than any other languge. (Would that be more as a larger fraction of the vocabulary or more in total number?) So, to make a statement like that, someone had to make a list of English onomatopoetic words. (Admittedly, that assumes the claim has some grounding.) I'd love to have a list like that to just browse through. Would you know of such a list? Some reference text that has such a list? I recognize this is not a typical word-detective question, but I'd appreciate the help. Sincerely, Phoenix Elaine In my hunt I also found this interesting word: Crytoscopophilia (Cry-toe-skopp-o-Fill-y-eea) - courtesy of Bill Bryson via Beverley Yakich: the condition you have when you harbour the urge to look through the windows of homes you pass by; From here. I certainly experience this with an existential motivation that i have not the time to describe.... 011109And the random surf site for today: I'm sick of this wierd spam -- I've received around one a day since the beginning of the month. 011115And the random surf site for today: Another random surf site for today: Back from LA and a wonderful road trip. Need to buy a new camera, though. Light meter on my Minolta X-370 seems shot. Features I really value in my old camera:
I also value how rugged it is. From the reviews i've read today, the 370 seems to take abuse well. I'm a clumsy person, blundering into corners, dropping things, so rugged is important. I think i need to review my camera again -- is it really a 370? I have bulb on the shutter speed & depth of field preview -- looks like those features got dropped at some point and returned in the 370s. I think this might be my dream camera. |
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